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Ellen Parr's avatar

Wow that’s a powerful comparison

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ric leczel's avatar

well - i think it fits no?

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the long warred's avatar

Before you fire someone or quit it’s wisdom to have the replacement.

DO WE?

Well, in a way yes. Trump created 1000 crack cadres that hit the Treasury Department with an automated audit from Hades within minutes of being sworn in. There’s many more behind these cadres;

-Tech, Tech Finance.

-Veterans, military, street cops - I must point out that’s my “demographic” (I’m military veteran) and that’s literally my family. This must be considered.

(See Gabbard, Hegseth. Etc. )

-Add Manufacturing and Unions.

-At least half the people cutting across all race lines, obviously majority White.

-Parents who don’t want their kids damaged by the system.

-The above is what the Soviets called The Correlation of Forces.

So in a way YES we have a “replacement.” In a way NO.

> and to the point- while Trump remains Trump which at this point will be until his death, it isn’t smart to go against the above forces. A miscalculation.

Let the enemy take the pain and the blame for his fall if it happens.

If he fails it will be his aversion to shedding blood, the point of failure will be the legal system.

The enemy refers to the system he is torching then replacing.

He is replacing it with the Cadres I outlined - above. The model is beginning to be called “A Networked State.” The Cadres are figuring it out. The good news is all the Cadres have experience.

As far as Trump showboating- that’s the JOB in part. Far from all but necessary. The leader will always have to “showboat” President or Sultan or King.

Trump’s brilliant maneuvering the last 18 months are brilliant as Bonaparte with the goals of Lincoln.

> The goals of Lincoln were to improve the lot of the common man and America by Tariffs and internal improvements, Lincoln was then sucked in sideways into issues of Free Labor (or cheap labor) and Free Soil, then slavery, then he pratfalls unexpectedly into Civil War. > as did the Plantation Oligarchy. BTW.

That’s what happened with Lincoln. The other part being The Homestead Act, which languished for a decade until 1862. (Shh War was about keeping whites free don’t tell anyone).

There’s another thing; being utterly cynical and calculating about everything isn’t how most people think nor act. Certainly doesn’t get us out of this mess.

We can’t change EITHER, nor will we… certainly not into what we’re replacing. We’re choosing against Team cynical. We’re the ones who make THE FUCKING RAMEN, the chickens, catch the Shrimp. Ahem.

Amen .

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